radiator
UK/ˈrædɪeɪ̯tə/
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British/ˈrɛjdɪjɛjtə/
radiator noun: anything which radiates or emits rays.
Noun
radiator (plural radiators)
- Anything which radiates or emits rays.
- A device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air, through metal fins.
- The car overheated because of a broken radiator.
- A finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room.
- The radiator kept the apartment warm during winter.
- Steam hissed from the old iron radiator.
- A type of antenna.
radiator meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
radiator in Hindi
- रेडिएटर, रेडीएटर
radiator in Tamil
- வெப்பாற்று அமைவு, கதிர்வீசி, கதிர்வீச்சுக் கருவி, வெப்பக்கதிர் வெளியேற்றி, இரேடியேற்றர், வெப்பம்வீசி
radiator in Marathi
- रेडिएटर, रेडीएटर
radiator in Urdu
- ریڈی ایٹر, ریڈایٹر
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- radiator in Bengali
- রেডিয়েটর, তাপ বিকিরক যন্ত্র
- radiator in Telugu
- రేడియేటర్
- radiator in Malayalam
- യന്ത്രം തണുപ്പിക്കുന്ന ഉപകരണം, താപപ്രസരണയന്ത്രം, റേഡിയേറ്റർ
- radiator in Kannada
- ಕಾವಡಕ, ಹೊರಸೂಸಕ
- radiator in Punjabi
- ਰੇਡੀਏਟਰ, ਰੈਡੀਏਟਰ
- radiator in Gujarati
- રેડિએટર, રેડિયેટર
- radiator in Odia
- ରେଡିଏଟର, ରେଡିଯ଼େଟର, ରେଡିଏଟର୍
- radiator in Nepali
- रेडिएटर, रेडियेटर
- radiator in Tagalog
- radyador, radyetor
- radiator in Arabic
- مِشْعاع mišʕāʕ
- radiator in Thai
- รังผึ้ง rang-pʉ̂ng, หม้อน้ำ mɔ̂ɔ-náam
- radiator in Vietnamese
- ra-đi-a-tơ, cái lò sưởi
Examples of radiator in a sentence
- The radiator is boiling – I’m going to turn it down a bit.
- Placing socks on the radiator will dry them out more quickly.
- Transfer of heat from the engine to the automobile radiator occurs by means of forced convection.
Forms of radiator
| plural | radiators |
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Origin of radiator
From radiate + -or. Doublet of radiatori.
Words formed from radiator
Phrases with radiator
Questions about radiator
- What does radiator mean?
- Radiator means anything which radiates or emits rays.
- What is radiator in Hindi?
- Radiator in Hindi is रेडिएटर, रेडीएटर. See Radiator meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is radiator?
- Radiator is a noun.
- How do you pronounce radiator?
- Radiator is pronounced /ˈrædɪeɪ̯tə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of radiator?
- The plural of radiator is radiators.
Words near radiator in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: radiator (page history and authors); radiator (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); radiator (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); radiator (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); radiator (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); radiator (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); radiator (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); radiator (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); radiator (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); radiator (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); radiator (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); radiator (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); radiator (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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